Oct 21, 2020

FSSAI: New food safety rules from November

New Delhi: The food safety regulator - FSSAI has said that a new system will be operational from November onwards.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on Monday notified that the Food Safety Compliance System (FoSCoS) will become operational across India.
Currenty, the system is operational in Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat, Odisha, Chandigarh, Goa, Manipur, Puducherry and Ladakh since the month of June.
In a notification it said, "FSSAI is now ready to extend FoSCoS to entire country with effect from 1st November 2020..."
"FSSAI is launching its cloud based, upgraded new food safety compliance online platform called FoSCoS. It will replace the existing FLRS," it added.
FoSCoS is conceptualized to provide one point stop for all engagement of a food business operator (FBO) with the department for any regulatory compliance transaction.
It said since 2011, its online FLRS (Food Licensing and Registration System) is the soul of the licensing ecosystem. It is operational in all states and 70 lakh licences/ registrations have been issued till date while over 40 lakh licensees/ registrants are actively transacting on it.

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